I want to get one of my techs set up with a laptop and modem to enable him to configure Rosemount Hart Transmitters. I have bought him a Mactek USB to Hart modem and this communicates well, far better than the 275 and 475 communicators we were using. However it requires software loaded on the laptop to be able to configure the transmitters.

Emerson have quoted me circa £2000 Gbp around 3200 dollars for the AMS software to do this that seems a bit steep for all we are going to use it for.

Is there alternatives to AMS to configure Rosemount transmitters or do Emerson do a slimmed down software package that I can ask for at less cost.

The DTMs should be capable of fully configuring the associated devices. If there are DTMs for the specific devices that you are working with, you could download them and PACTware and see if that meets your needs.

PACTware can be downloaded (at no cost) from a number of device manufacturers, and is usually bundled with a HART Communication DTM that works with the MacTek HART modem that you already have. (Some of them are listed at http://www.pactware.com/en/downloads/pactware.html).

This too is my first post. I have purchased a Mactek (Viator) usb hart modem to use with Engineering Assistant 6.1.1 (EA).

Problem I am having is that EA doesn't see it. When I go to connect in the drop down box for com ports are the ones already in use except the one for the usb hart modem. If I assign it to 11 in device manager, EA lists 3-9. If I change it to com 1, EA still doesn't see that.

I did install the modem prior to getting Engineering Assistant. I haven't tried uninstalling it and reinstalling yet.

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